Once the Countess of Riverdale, Viola Kingsley throws all
caution to the wind when adventure calls in the form of a
handsome aristocrat…

Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his
family has overcome the shame of being stripped of their
titles and fortune—except for his onetime countess, Viola.
With her children grown and herself no longer part of the
social whirl of the ton, she is uncertain where to look for
happiness—until quite by accident her path crosses once
again with that of the Marquess of Dorchester, Marcel Lamarr.

Marcel Lamarr has been a notorious womanizer since the death
of his wife nearly twenty years earlier. Viola caught his
eye when she herself was a young mother, but she evaded his
seduction at the time. A prize that eluded him before, she
is all the more irresistible to him now although he is
surprised to discover that she is as eager now for the
excitement he offers as he is himself.

When the two defy convention and run away together, they
discover that the ties of respectability are not so easily
severed, and pleasure can ensnare you when you least expect it….